💡 [REQUEST] - Fine-Grained Attachment Handling (Global & Local Settings)

[abdou6666]

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Summary

Context

In our chatbot framework, attachments can be received or displayed in multiple places:

1. Administrator Avatar — admins/users upload their profile images.
2. Attachment Block — flow‑creators add blocks where end‑admins or users can upload files (e.g., mp3, mp4, gif, Google Docs links, etc.).
3. Chat Widget — Subscribers interacting with the chatbot may send attachments.

Currently, there is no uniform way to enforce size/type restrictions across these scenarios. We need a dual‑layered configuration system:

• Global settings (admin‑level defaults per file type/extension) & for widget
• Local overrides (per‑block & per extension)

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🚀 Proposed Feature: Granular Attachment Settings

1. Global Settings (Admin‑Level)

Provide a central configuration where administrators define default limits for every attachment context:

• Contexts
  • avatar: size limits for admin/user profile images
  • attachmentBlock: defaults applied to all attachment blocks
  • widget: defaults applied to Subscriber uploads in the chat widget

Basic Example

Drawbacks

• Complexity
• Might need to introduce breaking changes (schema changes...)

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